A 12-year-old girl found hanged in her home left a suicide note that referred
to cyber-bullying, according to police.

Gabrielle Molina was discovered dead at her family's house in New York, from where police took two computers to examine them for messages.

A note written by the girl reportedly said she was was “sorry” and claimed that she was “cyber bullied.”

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said: "There was information in the suicide note concerning cyber bullying. Detectives have taken two computers from the home and they will shortly be analysed. It's a terrible tragedy.”

According to the New York Daily News the girl had also been involved in a fist fight with another pupil at her school which had been videoed and placed on YouTube.

Her mother Glenda Molina, a nurse's aide, told the newspaper: “They called her a slut and a whore. All this she wrote in her journal. I just found out. I didn't touch her journal before."

A school friend told the Daily News: "Gabby said that she wanted to move schools because she felt uncomfortable. People wanted to jump her and people bothered her."

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said: “Any child that takes his life or her life is something that deeply concerns me and hurts me as a parent and not just as a chancellor. Bullying is something that I feel very strongly about. We are always looking at new ways to work on the issue.”